Here are the highest-paid players at each LaLiga club, with Lionel Messi earning more than twice as much as Real Madrid's top earner. The list also includes a former Manchester United starlet who did not make the cut at Old Trafford.
Click through the gallery above to see the top earners at each LaLiga club, and what they earn annually, as per capology.com.
Messi remains the league's highest-paid player after signing his latest contract extension in November 2017. He is believed to earn a massive €70.76 million (R1.1 billion) before tax each year, according to capology.com.
The FC Barcelona superstar is followed by new Los Blancos signing Eden Hazard, who put pen to paper on a contract worth €31.25 million (R508 million) a season when he joined the LaLiga giants.
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Atletico Madrid's Jan Oblak completes the top three, pocketing €20.83 million (R338 million) annually with the Rojiblancos, while Real Betis' Nabil Fekir and Athletic Bilbao's Inigo Martinez follow with yearly slaries of €14.58 million (R236 million) and €8.97 million, respectively.
Adnan Januzaj, who left United in 2017, sits in the middle of the pile, earning €4.44 million (R71 million) a season at Real Sociedad, while Granada's Yangel Herrera, who reportedly receives just €579 000 (R9.4 million) a year, is at the bottom of the ranking of the top earners per LaLiga club.
The annual player salaries of newly promoted side Mallorca were not available, but you can see the complete list, which is based on gross salaries (before taxes), as listed by capology.com, in the gallery above!
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